The Advanced Certificate Program in Research Ethics for Central and Eastern Europe
Audience: International
Cost: Free
Certificate: Yes
Languages: English, Lietuviškai, Română
This programme provides graduate-level education in research ethics to researchers, policymakers and other stakeholders in post-Communist countries in Central/Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Some helpful resources on the site include syllabus and full-course downloads for three online classes, International Bioethics, International Research Ethics 1 and International Research Ethics 2, as well as translated materials (with more to come). Translated versions of selected course materials are available in Pyccĸий, Lietuviškai, Română, Georgian, Srpski and Hrvatski.
Audience: International (US)
Cost: Free
Certificate: No
Language: English
This site provides two courses: Conflicts of Interest, and Privacy and Confidentiality in Research.
Audience: International
Cost: Free
Certificate: No
Language: English, Português
These modules in research ethics were originally published in 2005 in the journal Developing World Bioethics and have kindly been made available free of charge courtesy of the publishers, Blackwell, Oxford. There is a test available in pdf format with model answers, but this course cannot offer accreditation.The extended and revised Portuguese versions of the modules were in Etica na Pesquisa Letras Livres.
Audience: International (UK)
Cost: Yes
Certificate: Yes
Language: English
This site provides a five part GCP course, and a five part course on research integrity. A variety of other courses to support professional development of researchers are also available.
Family Health International Research Ethics Training Curriculum (2nd Edition)
Audience: International
Cost: Free
Certificate: Yes
Languages: English, Español, Français, Português
One of the longest running freely available online courses in international research ethics, this course is now in its second edition with online and downloadable materials available in English. If you pass an online test for this course you will receive a certificate of completion. This site also provides a course in research ethics designed for community representatives.
Audience: National (España)
Cost: Free
Certificate: Yes
Language: Español
This site provides a foundation course for members of committees reviewing research.
Global Ethics Education Initiative (GEEI)/MERETI
Audience: International
Cost: Free
Certificate: Yes
Language: English
This comprehensive site includes five online training courses: Introductory Course for Members of Research Ethics Committees, Research Ethics, Responsible Conduct of Research in international Settings, Introduction to Ethical Theory and Ethics of Globalisation. Some readings and presentations from the following courses are also available: Advanced Course in Research Ethics, Institutional Review Boards, Responsible Conduct of Research in International Settings, Introduction to Ethical Theory, International Research Ethics, Amman (ethical review in Islamic and Arabic contexts) and Global Health Ethics.
Audience: International
Cost: Free
Certificate: Yes
Language: English, Français, Português, Español
The first specialist course in research ethics on this site is called Introduction to Reviewing Genomic Research. Further courses have been released in early 2014 on how to conduct GCP inspections and a comprehensive intermediate course in International Research Ethics (available in Global Health Trials)
Audience: International
Cost: Free
Certificate: Yes
Languages: English, Français, Español, Português, Việt, Swahili, 中文
Global Health Trials presents an ever-expanding range of free, moderated eLearning courses on a variety of topics surrounding clinical research in developing countries, including issues related to research ethics. Users who finish the courses will receive a certificate of completion. Courses include Introduction to Clinical Research, ICH Good Clinical Practice Course, Data Safety Monitoring Boards for African Clinical Trials, Introduction to Consent, Introduction to Collecting and Reporting Adverse Events in Clinical Research and the Introduction to Reviewing Genomic Research.
Johns Hopkins Center for Clinical Global Health Education
Audience: International (US)
Cost: Free
Certificate: Yes
Language: English
This new course entitled ‘Introduction to research ethics’ uses multimedia presentations – but for those with lower access speeds MP3 audio files and copies of the slide presentations can be downloaded. This course has a substantial section on review committees and including sections on how they function and their roles and responsibilities.
Audience: International (Australia)
Cost: No
Certificate: Yes
Language: English
This site provides a course focused on reviewing research in the social science and humanities. It includes a variety of international examples.
Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R)
Audience: US
Cost: Yes
Certificate: Yes
Language: English
This site provides a course entitled The Ethical Oversight of Human Subjects Research for review committee members, particularly IRB members.
Society of Clinical Research Associates
Audience: US
Cost: Yes
Certificate: Yes
Language: English
This site’s courses include cGMP for Investigational New Drugs (IND) in Phase I Clinical Trials, and What You Should Know Before the FDA Arrives (to audit compliance).
Training and resources in research ethics evaluation for Africa (TRREE)
Audience: International with national modules for specific regions
Cost: Free
Certificate: Yes
Languages: Deutsch, English, Français, Português, Lithuanian
The program at present consists of six levels: Module 1 - Introduction to research, Module 2 - for Research Ethics Committees, Module 3 - Informed Consent, Module 4 - Good Clinical Practice, Module 5, HIV Vaccine Trials and national supplements. The national supplements are country-specific and provide access to the applicable legislation and regulations on research in that country. There are currently ten national supplements (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Germany, Switzerland), and six more regional modules (South Africa, Portugal, Romania, Latvia, Lithuania and Taiwan). The first three modules are available in Deutsch, English, Français, Português and the national supplements are available in whichever of these four languages are relevant for the context. Versions in简体中文 and Polski are currently in preparation.
Audience: International
Cost: Free
Certificate: No
Language: English
This NGO focuses on research into and treatment of vision care in LMICs. It takes a slightly different focus from many academic courses on research ethics and may be a useful ancilliary course for those reviewing or conducting research with NGOs. Modules include: Practical Advice For Research, Why Research Matters, Overview of Ethics and Research, Consent, Privacy, and Confidentiality, Culture, Language Barriers, and Interpreters, Translation Strategies and How to Avoid Pitfalls, Ethics, Researcher Responsibilities, Publishing and Authorship. The site also offers a more general Certificate in Global Health Research with a range of practical modules about the design and conduct of research.
University of London, Infonetica Ltd.
Audience: International
Cost: Yes
Certificate: Yes
Language: Español ,English, Russian, German, Polish, Dutch, Czech
This is a comprehensive online course in GCP.
Audience: Spain
Cost: Yes
Certificate: Yes
Language: Español
This Graduate online course on the Ethics of Biomedical Research requires registration in advance and is run periodically.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Audience: US
Cost: Free
Certificate: No
Languages: English, Español
The NIH Office of Extramural Research offers a course entitled Protecting Human Research Participants in English and Español.
The Office of Research Integrity has funded the development of a number of courses including an Online Research Ethics Course , Teaching the Responsible Conduct of Research in Humans, and Ethics and Research in the Community (in English and Español).